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Quotient Technology, parent of Coupons.com and other digital marketing platforms, agrees to merge with retail marketing firm Neptune in a $430M all-cash deal (Samrhitha Arunasalam / Reuters)
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Spotify updates its desktop app with redesigned "Your Library" and "Now Playing" user interfaces, meant to align the experience with the company's mobile app ( / TechCrunch)
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Reddit suspended some moderators after they changed their subreddits to NSFW; Reddit says it's a violation of its policy to incorrectly mark subreddits as NSFW ( / The Verge)
theverge.com/2023/6/20/2376
A look at the White House's urgent push for AI regulation, as Biden meets with a group of AI experts for a non-industry perspective on risks and opportunities ( / CNN)
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Letter: Grab CEO tells staff the company plans to cut 1,000 jobs, or 11% of its workforce, citing the need to manage costs and ensure more affordable services ( / Reuters)
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Twitch will require streamers to add new content labels for streams containing sexual themes, graphic violence, drugs use, gambling, or "significant" vulgarity ( / TechCrunch)
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How Big Telecom lobbied US lawmakers to squeeze out new municipal networks, ensuring much of President Biden's $41.6B broadband funding goes to big corporations ( / The Verge)
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The US DOJ announces NatSec Cyber, a new section within its National Security Division that will focus on prosecuting malicious foreign cyber activity ( / The Record)
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Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Activision's Bobby Kotick, and Sony's Jim Ryan plan to testify in court over the FTC's bid to block the Microsoft-Activision deal ( / The Verge)
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Render, which provides developers cloud-based services for hosting code, deploying webapps, and more, raised a $50M Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners ( / TechCrunch)
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Apple machine learning leader Ali Farhadi, who sold Xnor.ai to Apple for ~$200M in 2020, departs to become the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence's CEO ( / GeekWire)
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Toronto-based Rose Rocket, which sells SaaS tools for trucking companies, raised a $38M Series B led by Scale Venture Partners, taking its total funding to $69M ( / TechCrunch)
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Google Chrome on iOS gets a new mini Google Maps view and an option to quickly add Calendar events by tapping a date on a site, and will get Google Lens support ( / The Verge)
theverge.com/2023/6/20/2376
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Roblox will allow some mature content experiences for users 17 and older, requiring users to verify their age with a picture of a government ID and a selfie ( / CNBC)
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Streams Charts: Twitch's new Partner Plus program, offering a 70/30 revenue split, benefits around 1,066 Twitch partners, or just ~2.5% of the 71,000+ total ( / Gizmodo)
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Razer Blade 14 (2023) review: powerful chips in a thin body, 16:10, QHD+, 240Hz screen, and RGB keyboard, but absurd pricing at $2,400+ and average speakers ( / The Verge)
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iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma automatically generates Apple ID passkeys; Apple adds support to Apple․com and iCloud․com so users can log in without passwords ( / 9to5Mac)
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USA Today publisher Gannett sues Google over an alleged ad tech monopoly, echoing the DOJ's arguments and saying audiences have grown but ad spending is down ( / CNBC)
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Apple expands Self Service Repair to the iPhone 14 range, 13-inch MacBook Air with M2, and 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and Max, starting June 21 ( / MacRumors)
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a16z, Sequoia, and others are increasing investments in defense tech startups; PitchBook says US VCs invested $33B in the sector in 2022, up from $16B in 2019 ( / Financial Times)
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The global cybersecurity market grew 12.5% YoY to $18.6B in Q1 2023, despite tighter budgets; Palo Alto Networks had an 8.7% share, Fortinet 7%, and Cisco 6.1% (Canalys)
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Alibaba's shakeup, including adding company veteran Joe Tsai, highlights its conundrum over splitting into six units and pursuing profit or growth ahead of IPOs ( / Bloomberg)
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Aviva, Fidelity, and other big institutional investors are increasingly pressuring tech companies to prevent AI misuse, concerned about potential liability ( / Financial Times)
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Source: Spotify plans a more expensive "Supremium" tier with HiFi audio, audiobooks, and more, launching outside the US later in 2023; Premium costs $9.99/month ( / Bloomberg)
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Crypto exchange EDX Markets, backed by Citadel, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab, quietly began executing trades in recent weeks, offering a noncustodial service ( / Wall Street Journal)
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Twitter says CEO Linda Yaccarino and Elon Musk do not plan to attend the week-long Cannes Lions festival, even during the company's new "brand safety" push ( / Bloomberg)
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Binance begins running nodes on the Bitcoin Lightning Network, part of a plan to use the service for deposits and withdrawals to alleviate network congestion ( / The Block)
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Experts warn about pedophiles using generative AI to create CSAM, leading to thousands of images on dark web forums; some question whether laws cover the images ( / Washington Post)
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Documents show OpenAI lobbied for parts of the EU's AI Act to be watered down, including successfully avoiding its general purpose AI being deemed "high risk" ( / TIME)
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In his first appearance in seven months, Masayoshi Son makes a case for SoftBank's future, saying the company "won't be deterred by a few short-term losses" (Bloomberg)
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The Anti-Meta Fedi Pact, circulated on Mastodon, pledges to block Meta's planned ActivityPub service, a petty and insular move that will keep Mastodon small ( / Daring Fireball)
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Sources: Google initiated early conversations with Foxconn's Bharat and other Indian suppliers to make its Pixel smartphones, seeking to diversify from China ( / Bloomberg)
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PwC: US social and casual gaming revenue grew 3.6% YoY to $37.1B in 2022, representing 68.6% of game and esports revenue; traditional gaming revenue fell 0.8% ( / VentureBeat)
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Google Pixel Tablet review: good screen, audio, and performance, and useful speaker dock, but some apps lack compatibility and below average battery life ( / The Verge)
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After complaints about spam by Indian users, WhatsApp adds the ability to automatically silence calls from unknown numbers and a privacy checkup feature ( / TechCrunch)
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GOP lawmakers target Wikimedia, Graphika, and others in a legal campaign, accusing them of colluding with the government to suppress conservative speech online (New York Times)
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Vimeo announces AI tools to automate parts of the video creation process, including an AI script generator, a teleprompter, and a text-based video editor ( / ZDNet)
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Sources: EU antitrust regulators plan to launch a detailed investigation into Adobe's acquisition of Figma later this year, which may derail the deal ( / Financial Times)
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Alibaba announces Eddie Wu to succeed Daniel Zhang as CEO and names Executive Vice Chairman Joseph Tsai as Chairman; Zhang will continue as Alibaba Cloud CEO ( / Bloomberg)
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